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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1050 AM CDT THU APR 25 2013
...LATE FREEZES IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...
...MANY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN APRIL 25TH...
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE LAST FEW YEARS...THIS SPRING HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY
COLDER IN A LARGE PART OF THE STATE. THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO THE CONTINUAL
SURGES OF COLD AIR INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THIS COLD
CHILLY AIR ALLOWED FOR WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S TO LOWER AND MID
40S THIS MORNING...SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR.
AT THE STATIONS LISTED BELOW...THIS MORNINGS FREEZE WAS THE LATEST IN QUITE
SOME TIME. AT BOONEVILLE...IT WAS THE LATEST FREEZE SINCE 1960.
AT HARRISON...IT WAS THE LATEST FREEZE SINCE 1963. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF
29 DEGREES WAS THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE THIS LATE IN THE SEASON IN 103
YEARS. THE LAST TIME THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS THIS COLD THIS LATE IN THE YEAR
WAS ON MAY 2ND 1911...WITH A LOW OF 26 DEGREES. SINCE 1960...THERE HAVE ONLY
BEEN THREE OTHER YEARS WITH A FREEZE THIS LATE...1960 /MAY 1ST/...1961
/MAY 2ND/...AND 1963 /MAY 1ST/.
LATEST AVG. DATE OF RECORD LATEST
STATION FREEZE SINCE LAST FREEZE FREEZE
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BOONEVILLE 1960 APR 07 MAY 01 1918
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 1963 APR 08 MAY 12 1960
HARRISON 1963 APR 04 MAY 17 1912
MARSHALL 1992 MAR 21 MAY 05 1976
MOUNT IDA 2005 APR 12 MAY 09 1923
WALDRON 2005 APR 12 MAY 03 1935
CALICO ROCK 2WSW 2008 APR 19 MAY 11 1969
EVENING SHADE 1NNE 2008 APR 15 MAY 09 1976
GILBERT 2008 APR 16 MAY 10 1997
LEAD HILL 2008 APR 22 MAY 12 1960...MAY 12 1952
NOTE: AVG. DATE OF LAST FREEZE IS BASED ON 30-YEAR NORMALS FROM 1981
TO 2010.
AT THE LOCATIONS LISTED BELOW...THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING SET OR
TIED MANY DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES. THE LOW AT SEARCY TIED A DAILY
RECORD LOW FROM 1883.
NEW PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE
STATION RECORD LOW RECORD LOW RECORDS SINCE
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LEAD HILL 28 IN 2013 28 IN 2005 1927
EVENING SHADE 1NNE 29 IN 2013 31 IN 1969 1921
WALDRON 29 IN 2013 32 IN 1983 1919
CALICO ROCK 2WSW 30 IN 2013 30 IN 1983 1915
GILBERT 30 IN 2013 31 IN 1983...1974 1936
BATESVILLE LIVESTOCK 31 IN 2013 34 IN 2005 1941
BATESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 31 IN 2013 34 IN 2005 1951
MARSHALL 31 IN 2013 33 IN 2005 1892
MOUNTAIN VIEW 31 IN 2013 35 IN 1983 1924
BOONEVILLE 32 IN 2013 35 IN 2005 1906
LEOLA 33 IN 2013 34 IN 1969 1963
MENA 33 IN 2013 34 IN 1983 1887
MOUNTAIN HOME 1NNW 33 IN 2013 35 IN 1997 1902
CABOT 4SW 34 IN 2013 36 IN 1995 1965
GREERS FERRY DAM 34 IN 2013 35 IN 1983 1903
MORRILTON 34 IN 2013 38 IN 2001...1997 1919
SUBIACO 34 IN 2013 34 IN 1910 1897
HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT 35 IN 2013 37 IN 1983 1948
RUSSELLVILLE 35 IN 2013 37 IN 1983 1882
ALUM FORK 36 IN 2013 38 IN 2005...1983 1937
BATESVILLE AIRPORT 36 IN 2013 37 IN 2001 1937
JACKSONVILLE/LITTLE ROCK AFB 36 IN 2013 40 IN 1983 1956
SEARCY 36 IN 2013 36 IN 1883 1882
FORDYCE 37 IN 2013 39 IN 1995...1969 1911
SAINT CHARLES 39 IN 2013 41 IN 1983 1930
KEO 40 IN 2013 41 IN 1969 1948
DES ARC 40 IN 2013 41 IN 1956 1903
ROHWER 2NNE 40 IN 2013 41 IN 1983 1959
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 42 IN 2013 44 IN 1977 1975
STUTTGART AIRPORT 45 IN 2013 46 IN 2001 1942
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ALL DATA IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
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